What to Submit?
1 NEW, DATED, Verse poem (no Rhyming) ............. a poem about grief of
pet
person
or something else ? death of anything, this world as we know it, for example
Theme (The Five Stages of Grief) Pick one only.
1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance
There are many emotions within each stage for you to write about, research it.
It can be the death, soon to come death of a PET or loss of beloved family, a friend, for example my cat of twenty years just passed away and I am stuck in depression at the moment, for how long, who knows each person grieves differently. It can be now or recent, even long past.
Title - the Stage you are writing about must be in the title, for example it could be, My Forever Denial, or Depression is Mine for Evermore, or etc etc I hope you get my drift. PLEASE do not put the contest name in the title.
Example and layout Required: ( this is NOT an example of the theme but just an example of the FORM)
Fragmented Verse
It is an old dream, brown, crumbling at edges,
best that I leave this old dream undisturbed -
I am the dream,
it whispers soft.
I wrestle with the covers pushing it away,
but the ghosts of the past still come drifting;
they come like a silent crowd in the night,
so many come to haunt me, maybe forever.
Do other people have these too,
these frequent nighttime ghost whispers?
I am the dream,
of your regrets.
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My invention that I call, Fragmented Verse
12 lines, broken down into 4 stanzas, includes indention on some lines
Indented lines are- line 3- 26/line 4- 28/ line 9 &10 -8 / 11&12- 26/28
Line 9 and 10 - is a question ? I preferr a question but a statement will do too.
Syllables- 12/10/4/4 12/10/10/12 8/8 4/4 (Make sure you divide it like this example)
Check SPELLING, grammar and punctuation if used and syllables on a syllable counter. But not the one on poetrysoup, it is not reliable. Perhaps note which one you used at the bottom of your poem so I can check that one..
Poems must be dated, contest and sponsor and syllable counter used noted at bottom. No other details are needed.
Images, audio and video acceptable
Questions- contact me by soupmail
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NOTE: I am not responsible if poets change their poems after judging. At the time of judging I will ensure the poems are as per the contest requirements, after that, poets can do whatever they want with their poems.